Loosestrife
111genus Lysimachia — noun loosestrife: a cosmopolitan genus found in damp or swampy terrain having usually yellow flowers; inclined to be invasive • Syn: ↑Lysimachia • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Primulaceae, ↑fa …
112Lysimachia — noun loosestrife: a cosmopolitan genus found in damp or swampy terrain having usually yellow flowers; inclined to be invasive • Syn: ↑genus Lysimachia • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Primulaceae, ↑ …
113Lysimachia ciliatum — noun of North America • Syn: ↑fringed loosestrife • Hypernyms: ↑loosestrife …
114Lysimachia nummularia — noun a loosestrife vine • Syn: ↑moneywort, ↑creeping Jenny, ↑creeping Charlie • Hypernyms: ↑loosestrife …
115Lysimachia quadrifolia — noun common North American yellow flowered plant • Syn: ↑whorled loosestrife • Hypernyms: ↑loosestrife …
116Lythrum hyssopifolia — noun annual with small solitary pink flowers; originally of Europe but widely naturalized in moist areas • Syn: ↑grass poly, ↑hyssop loosestrife • Hypernyms: ↑loosestrife • Member Holonyms: ↑Lythrum, ↑genus Lythrum …
117yellow pimpernel — noun trailing European evergreen with yellow flowers • Syn: ↑Lysimachia nemorum • Hypernyms: ↑loosestrife * * * noun 1. : a perennial herb (Taenidia integerrima) of the family Umbelliferae of eastern No. America with ternate leaves and compound… …
118water willow — noun 1. : any of several plants that thrive in wet areas and are felt to resemble willows: as a. (1) : purple loosestrife (2) : swamp loosestrife …
119willow herb — noun 1. : a plant of the genus Epilobium; especially : fireweed b see hairy willow herb 2. a. : purple loosestrife …
120lythraceous — adjective see lythraceae * * * /lith ray sheuhs, luy thray /, adj. belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants. Cf. loosestrife family. [ < NL Lythrace(ae) (Lythr(um) the type genus ( < Gk lýthron gore) + aceae ACEAE) +… …
